buffer overflows, non-x86 architectures (Re: Which Red Hat?)

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Chuck Yerkes (chuck+baylisa at snew.com):

> But I have to say Irix is the last OS I'd put on a machine that needed
> to be secure.

Fortunately, Debian will run on r4k-ip22 MIPS machines (SGI Indy / I2 /
Challenge S).  As will NetBSD/sgimips.

> It's also questionable whether a desktop SGI wants to be a home
> firewall in California.  They run REALLY hot and suck power.

Those really small ones, mentioned earlier, might qualify.  I'll have to
check.

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